We performed a comparison between AWS Storage Gateway and NetApp AltaVault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage Gateways solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We like the flexibility and easy-to-use storage. I'm happy about the response time."
"The most valuable feature is that it requires less utilization of space, compared to storing directly to the database of the system. It offers a unique way of doing things."
"AWS Storage Gateway is used when there's a high requirement for storage and the company has their goal to move to the cloud and they are not comfortable having it in the data centers. They want the data to move to the cloud. We propose storage services that give them flexibility. They don't have to manage their data centers by themselves because it is being managed by Amazon or Microsoft. They do not have to worry about security and vulnerability issues. That is a strategy that companies can find value in and choose a cloud service."
"AWS Storage Gateway's best feature is its secure storage."
"The solution gives us the ability to move large amounts of data to the cloud and it gives us on-premises connectivity. Additionally, the storage can be shared from the cloud to on-premise."
"It's a cloud storage solution, which makes it quite flexible. If you have one terabyte today and need ten tomorrow, it's not a problem."
"Generally, I use AWS Storage Gateway to reduce the cost of the S3 and caching."
"AWS Storage Gateway has durability."
"The deduplication engine. Right now, we're at about 10.5 to 11 times deduplication of our backup data."
"You can store backups for a while."
"Its initial setup is easy."
"Being able to move data seamlessly from one-premise to the cloud (Azure). It works great. The backup solution is perfect for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is easy to use and integrate with whichever operating systems you use, providing you with a complete view, especially when you plan to migrate to some other operating system."
"The most valuable feature is the portability of large archived data. You're able to put things on large on-prem, low-cost storage and then augment that with even lower cost storage in the cloud."
"It's so easy to work with."
"The solution can be used for all Office 365 applications."
"It would be better for us if they improved their integration capability."
"The solution's setup is not easy and takes time to complete."
"AWS Storage Gateway could improve by having different kinds of storage. For example, allowing all kinds of data, whether it's images or structure, not structure data. This would be great."
"We've had issues with bandwidth in the past, and we don't know where the bottlenecks are. We're not sure if it's on the AWS side or with the clients or the configuration in between. There's no visibility."
"Its interface could be easier to use."
"Initial setup could be simplified and that would make the user experience better."
"I cannot say it's perfect."
"AWS Storage Gateway's cost can be an issue."
"NetApp's own competing products complicate things."
"It's a good product, but it's becoming outdated and moving to their other primary architecture."
"What could be helpful is different user base authentication so then maybe we could allow different customers to point to a single appliance and they only see the backups and things that they have."
"I would like to see more web support."
"More capacity with the basic model of the AltaVault would probably help out."
"The solution needs faster indexing."
"The initial setup phase of the tool was difficult."
"More than a 500 volume limit. At the moment, it only supports up to 500 volumes for SnapMirror and that's a problem. We've got 750, so a larger limit for volume replicas for SnapMirror."
AWS Storage Gateway is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage Gateways with 12 reviews while NetApp AltaVault is ranked 7th in Cloud Storage Gateways with 17 reviews. AWS Storage Gateway is rated 8.0, while NetApp AltaVault is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of AWS Storage Gateway writes "Beneficial flexibility, secure, and little maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AltaVault writes "Though the solution's configuration phase can be difficult, the tool offers stability and scalability". AWS Storage Gateway is most compared with Nasuni, NetApp Cloud Backup, Avere, StorSimple and Panzura, whereas NetApp AltaVault is most compared with Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication and Dell PowerVault. See our AWS Storage Gateway vs. NetApp AltaVault report.
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